NO WORKOUT FOR WIMPS, CANOEING CAN BURN UP TO 6,000 CALORIES A DAY.
“ Some buddies and I are going on a canoeing trip on a river they say has some pretty cool rapids. But another pal of ours called canoeing “wimpy” because “you just sit all day and only use your arms”. Is that true, or is it really a good workout?”
AL J,
It’s definitely not wimpy: “On full-paddle days, you could burn 4000 to 6000 calories a day!” says Courtenay Schurman, CSCS, co-author of The Outdoor Athlete.
For comparison, Schurman says, if you’re an 80-kilogram guy and you jog 9km/h for an hour, you’ll burn roughly 612 calories; but if you canoe
